Suspender-buckle



G. F. ATWOOD.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE. No. 332,177. Patentved Dec. 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FF-ICE.

GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD, OF SWANTON, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JEDEDIAH D. BEEMAN, OF MORIAH, NEW YORK.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,177, dated December 8, 1885.

' Application filed September 21, 1885. Serial No. 177,719. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. ATwooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swanton, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken across the buckle.

This invention has relation to suspenderbuckles; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates an elongated closed loop, preferably of wire, having a parallel loop, B,which is rigidly secured to the loop A. The loop B is open at its middle portion usually, and has the outwardly-bent ends 0 Oextending in the plane of the buckle, or nearly so, and terminating in pointed prongs D D,which are turned to the rear in position to enter the webbing of the band. In making this buckle,wire is preferably used, the ends 0 Cbeing bent downward in or nearlyin the plane of the loop, and usually I prefer to make the entire buckle slightly concave in the back in order to increase the leverage. The two loops A and B are joined, so that a middle bar, E, is provided, to which the end of the webbing is attached, as indicated at F. The webbing, having been attached to the bar E, extends therefrom, and is then turned to form a loop, its free portion G extending under the prongs D D, and outward through the open loop B, over the middle bar, E, and inward through the closed loop A. Vhen loose, the webbing is bent to throw the prongs of the buckle out of engagement, and can be then easily adjusted to obtain the length desired for the wearer.

In use, the buckle is automatically secured in position by the strain on the webbing, as it has considerable leverage. The middle bar is held by the end of the webbing, forming a fulcrum, and the tension of the webbing upon the upper loop serves to throw the pronged ends or arms 0 of the lower loop into the outer portion of the webbing-loop, which is at the same time held by tension in engagement. In this manner a very secure buckle is provided, which is at the same time readily adjusted.

The buckle is simple in its construction, and is not liable to injure the fingers in manipulation, because the prongs D are too small to pass through the skin, and are, besides, turned to the rear and guarded by the webbing.

I attach importance to the employment of the arms 0, and to the fact that they are carried a considerable distance from the outer arms of the loop B, as by such a construction their leverage is increased, and consequently the biting-power of the buckle.

I am aware that it is not new to form a buckle from a single piece of wire having two loops, the ends of the branches of one loop being curved and provided with teeth to engage the fabric, and therefore claim only the specific construction hereinafter pointed out.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

As an improved article of manufacture, the Suspender-buckle herein described, consisting of a single piece of wire formed with parallel loops A B, the loop B having its ends forming the arms O 0, carried straight in the plane of the buckle, and at a relatively great distance from the orossbars E, to increase theleverage or biting-power, and the said branches having terminal teeth DD, bent rearward] y, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRENCH AT VOOD.

Vitnesses:

HOTIA W. FARRAR, RIGNEY D. llIARVIN. 

